A bubble of creativity

So today i wanted to write a layed back, none planned blog post. I just wanted to sit back and talk to you all about this site.

So i started Olivia Hart Blog back on the 16th of February 2016. And around august time, I gave up. I got bored and had no ideas, so i just took a break. But i finally returned to this site just after Christmas, where i wrote one blog. And then gave up again. But now i have faithfully restarted posting again this September. and i am enjoying it.

But where is it all going?

I started this blog because i have a passion for talking and sharing stories and advice and yet in person i always awkwardly resort to derogatory sarcasm or I hide behind someone else even when i have something to say. So this was perfect. I can talk freely from behind the screen of my laptop without all the social anxiety.

But i’m still not happy. I’m not using this blog to say what i want to say. Its not my opinion outlet or an advice column. It doesn’t share useful information that can be used to benefit others. It doesn’t even have a set genre.

I don’t know what this blog is, but it’s just going round in circles. I wanted m blog to be needed. Somewhere where people go for advice, information, tip and tricks or simply just a quiet space on the internet where they can relax reading something interesting. But instead you might like one, maybe two of my posts, but then I’ll post something completely different, and you won’t return to this site again. I don’t blame you. I mean why would you? when you could find a more useful place which focuses in on all your needs.

I have never deleted any of my uploads. Sometimes i dislike them. Sometimes I hate them. But I don’t get rid of it. I don’t know why.

I want to have a topic for my posts and I want people to actually enjoy my blogs. But what? I have decided that for then next few weeks, or months, I am going to experiment with my blog and try all different genres and topics until i find what is right. Until then, Bare with me. I am trying my best to be consistent.

This blog was simply an apology for how all-over-the-place my blog has been as of lately. I am working on it.

Hey guys. Recently i have really got into watching movies so i thought that today i would list some of my favorites. They are not new films they are just films i have watched or re-watched recently, and love. These are not in order

Parental guidance comedy

Meet the fockers comedy

Beauty and the BeastRomance

Mean girlscomedy/ teen drama

She’s the mancomedy/ teen drama

27 DressesRomcom (comedy, romance)

Home alonechristmas kids comedy

Baywatch comedy (R rated)

The thinningaction

Now you see meaction

Garfieldkids comedy

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them family action

So this was kind of a weird post but i just wanted to share the titles of some great movies with you. Hope you enjoyed. Follow, like and comment. See you soon, love you. BYE XX

Hello everybody! So I recently discovered an app which i have started to really love and so i thought i would tell you all about it! (not sponsored)

This app is called ‘What To Draw’ and is a really helpful and convenient app for people who love drawing to use. The principle behind it is that it generates short phrases based upon your selected theme and you can draw what the phrase suggests. There are seven free basic themes as well as one option containing all the themes. All you do is select a theme based upon what you want to draw and it will randomly generate a short simple phrase which you can base your drawing off of.

The free themes include:

All themes (includes all 6 free themes)

Medieval fantasy

Editorial and cartoon

Cyberpunk and Space

Terror

Western

Llama

Quick study (Perfect for small drawings/ quick sketches)

As well as all this there six other premium themes which can be bought separately for a small cost.

I generally love this app so much as it is so helpful to people who lack ideas for their art or who want to practice techniques without having any ideas or reference. I love to use this app to come up with ideas for me to draw in my sketchbook or paint as it means i can develop my skills even when i cant think of anything to draw. It is also great as it provides you with just a phrase and no picture. Therefore you have to use your imagination rather than a reference which is good for building upon your imagination. (But don’t worry, you can always look up a picture of the item or person)

Thanks for reading i hope this was useful to you and i definitely recommend that you check this app out if you are struggling for art ideas. This app is available on android and apple for free (in app purchases) LOve you all lots, see you soon. BYE XX

Hello everyone, today i thought that considering i haven’t done a favorites in a while i should do one today. This list of favorites is divided into a few sections; Beauty, Autumnal, school related and random other favorites. I decided to divide it because this is such a random mixture of things. I hope you enjoy!

Beauty:

New Look Pure Dusk perume rollerball

Sally Hansen Maximum Growth nail polish

Maybelline lash sensational brown mascara

Flutter red nail polish (sorry I don’t know the shade name)

Beauticology pink peppermint lip balm

carmex jasmine green tea lip balm

Benefit Hoola bronzer

Superdrug detangling wet hairbrush

Autumnal:

Zoella Hungry hands hand cream

Zoella Back my day perfume

Moschino light clouds perfume

Ceder Wood State XS mens christmas jumper (it was my brothers and now i have it and love it)

Pandora autumn leaf charm

School Related:

Wilko Binders

Wilko revision cards

Papermate replay max erasable pen

WHSmiths sketching pencils (12 pack)

Paperchase pencil cases

A2 art carry case

Random Others:

Spotify

Laurdiy

Lizza Koshy

Chocolate raisins and chocolate peanuts

cinnamon and raisin bagels

milky bars

So i know that was pretty random but i really like all of these this things and wanted to recommend them to to you all. None of the above where listed in order by the way. I hope you liked this blog. Love you all loads, see you soon. BYE XX

Hello everyone. So I know that this is a bit of a weird topic but it was all i could think of and I thought it might be helpful to some people who have just gone back to school. Also i know i have only had two weeks of GCSE experience but i feel like what i know could be useful to some people and my brother who is currently doing his A-Levels has taught me a lot about GCSE essentials. Hope this is helpful and that you enjoy!

A thin paper folder — This is essential for keeping hold of any loose sheets of paper or homework which would otherwise get ruined in your bag or go missing. Thin paper folders also don’t take up much room at all as they are so thin.

A scientific calculator — You are now a GCSE maths and science student and teachers will expect you to be organised enough to own your own scientific calculator which you will need all the time.

A mathematics set — These sets usually contain a compass, protractor, set square, ruler, pencil and rubber. All of which are needed all the time in maths and occasionally in science too. Again you are now between the ages of 14 and 16 and the teachers will expect you to own your own maths equipment.

At least one binder — These are fatter folders which contain binder clips. You are very likely to need one of these for certain subjects to organise sheets or to replace a book. For example I needed a binder for Biology, History and physics.

Revision cards — This may seem a little premature but they are definitely an essential throughout your GCSE years to ensure that you are up to date with facts and prepared for exams.

An A3 art portfolio/ carry case — This is an essential purely for GCSE art students but i thought i would put it into the list anyway. This is important to have because there will be a lot of work you do at home as well as at school so you will need this to keep your artwork neat and flat between school and home.

I hope that this helped some of you understand what some of the important essentials for GCSE are. If any of you have anything to add then please comment them below for people to read. Please comment, like and follow for more.

Hello everybody. So i’m guessing that any of you who have continued checking in on my site have pretty much given up hope of my ever posting again. Well, me too. I got locked out of my own blog site. I accidentally deleted the email address which is linked directly to my account. After forgetting my password i had no way to reset it and so i was stuck. But thankfully, i remembered that my laptop remembered my password for me and so i can access my account and restart my restart to blogging.

So here is a little blog update thingamajig.

I am now in year 10. (Which i guess is the same as grade 9 in america.) This means i have just started my GCSE’s*. So school has changed quite a lot for me; I have specialized classes which are specific to my options, i am in different classes to my friends and the amount of work has increased a lot. Thankfully i have a quite large group of friends so i always have at least one of my friends in every class. But its still all new to me. If you where wondering, i chose to take french, history, geography and art. As well as the necessary subjects which include maths, English, re, PE and the three separate sciences. I am only four days into this year but i am really enjoying it so far (surprisingly).

Anyway, I decided that I wanted to get back into posting to my blog. I am not going to make it to strict of an upload schedule as i really do believe that a blog should be something you do when you want to but, for consistency reasons, I think I am going to attempt uploading once weekly, probably on a Monday. (I am not promising that i will post i am just trying to make a bit of a schedule which i am more likely to stick to an actually continue to keep up blogging.)

As well as this i have taken up a bit more of an interest in photography and art so I may have some specialized categories in which I upload my photos. I have some amazing holidays and trips planned so i cant wait to share some of my pictures with you guys. Along with this i have also recently installed some digital art and drawing software to my computer so you may eventually see some of my digital art (maybe. I mean i’m not saying i’m any good, its just a hobby thing really)

Thank you guys so so much for reading. I know it isn’t exactly very interesting, but its a start. Please comment any suggestions as well as liking and following to see more. I love you all so much. See you soon. Bye xx

* GCSE

noun 1. (in the UK except Scotland) a qualification in a specific subject typically taken by school students aged 14–16, at a level below A level. The equivalent in Scotland is Standard Grade.

One more thing, I don’t really get anyone contacting me at the moment (cause i haven’t posted in like eight months!) But if any of you do have any questions, concerns or suggestions please comment them below as my email contact system is down and i am not sure how long it will take to start up again.

Hey everyone! So its been a while! But I thought i would maybe start writing my blog again. So i haven’t blogged since the summer and now its almost 2017 but i got to the point where i didn’t have any ideas and it was stressful trying to constantly trying to think of blog ideas. So i got to the point that i didn’t want to really think about blogging and i was basically too busy to do much blogging so i sort of gave up on it. But now i have decided to maybe get back into blogging. (Please do not expect me to keep up blogging again though because i may just not get back into writing blogs)

So hows your life been in the time i have been gone? If you celebrate it, what did you get for Christmas? Comment down below if you would like to make a video about what i got for Christmas.

So that’s it for this blog, i basically just wanted to say sorry for not blogging for a while. But if you are new to my blog please follow and check out my previous blogs. see you soon i love you all xx

Hey guys! I’m sorry that I didn’t upload yesterday on Monday (I’m not gonna lie… I totally forgot)
So today I am going to be blogging about two of my biggest passions… shopping and makeup!
If you didn’t already know kiko is basically high end makeup at really affordable prices. I discovered kiko around two to three months ago and ordered a few things but then one of my current favorite youtubers sophdoesnails did a kiko haul video. I saw she had some amazing things and simply had to order some more and now I am totally obsessed with kiko products. Here are some reasons why I love kiko and would recommend it to anyone!
1) The products are such amazing quality! All of the products are amazingly pigmented, good value and are high end quality! Also the packaging is so beautiful and looks so expensive!!!
2) There is a huge range of products! Kiko sells everything from skincare to nail polish and makeup. They also sell lots of cheap but good quality accessories such as brushes, sponges, makeup bags, nail files and empty travel bottles which is so useful!
3) The prices are incredible! Kiko products range from £1 to £20 which is amazing. Also they always seem to have some sort of sale, promotion or price reduction which is even better. There is currently a deal on where if you buy 6 products from a select range, you get the cheapest 3 for free!
4) Finally kiko is based in the UK but ship to most countries for a very small fee!
I hope you enjoyed this blog and that it was somehow useful to you. I would definitely recommend kiko to you all!
I have just placed a very big order on kiko so expect a haul blog soon!
Love you all
Olivia xxVisit kiko here

Hey everybody! I’m very sorry for not posting last Monday but as it is it he summer holidays I completely lost track of the days so I am posting today instead.
So when the summer holidays come I can’t wait to transform my room into a summery, fun room but I always find that I have loads of school stuff left that you don’t want to through away. So today I am going to show you some summery uses for school stuff.
1) I always find that I have at least one boring, plain notebook left that I have barely used and I never want to wast it so something super summery you can do to a boring old notebook is decorate it to make it a summery book which you can use as a diary etc etc. I ripped out any used pages then decorated the front cover with fun patterned washy tape.

2) Left over bottles of glue. This hack only works with liquid glue and it must be safe and non toxic glue.
Left over glue works really well as a base coat for glittery nail polish. I have struggled so many times to remove glittery nail polish but it just won’t come off. So using an old, clean paintbrush, spread a thin layer of glue over the nail and wait for it to completely dry. (It won’t take long and it drys perfectly clear if the layer is thin) Then apply the nail polish over the top as you usually would. Then when you go to take it off you can simply peel it off. ( I remember sitting in my dt lessons at school with two of my best friends making fake wax strips out of pva glue! Haha)

3) I always have left over stationary which i would buy because it looked cute but i would never use. This year i had left over bulldog clips which i got because they where pretty coloured but i never used them. So i simply clipped them onto an old coat hanger and hung it on the wall and used it to hang my jewellery. I found this one of the best hacks as not only does it make pretty wall art but it also stores necklaces which i always loose or they get tangled.

4) As I like to collect cute stationary at the start of each year I often find left over stationary boxes at the end of the year. This year I had a plastic box which paper clips had come in. I transferred the left over paperclips into a little jar and then I found that the small plastic box worked perfectly to store small hair elastics to keep them separate from my normal hair bands as I am always loosing them. You could also use these boxes to store hair grips or clips but tic tac boxes also work as brilliant hair grip storage.

5) I am sure I am not the only one who looses charger leads over the side of tables or in my case they drop back through the whole they come out of in my desk. So a perfect way to hold them in place is to clip them on with a bulldog clip. This works so well as it also prevents spaghetti wires.

6) This hack doesn’t really link in with school stuff but I wanted to share it with you anyway. If you find that you have lots of old empty picture frame but you have no pictures to put into them a great use for them is to go to your local craft store and buy a really cheap sheet of white bored or black bored material. Then you can take the back of the picture frame and trace around it onto the white bored/ black bored then cut it out. Insert it into the picture frame and there you have your very own white bored or black bored!

7) Again this hack doesn’t really link to school but I wanted to tell you about it anyway as I love it. If you have any left over paint from past craft projects check the bottle and see it it says you can use it on wood. If so you can pain a really cute picture onto the ring side of a log. You can find small logs in the woods, at garden centers or even some craft stores. They only need to be small logs and you don’t need to be good at art. You could even just paint a pattern onto the wood but it makes beautiful room/ garden decor. If you are using it to decorate your garden I suggest you apply a thin layer of varnish over the dry paint to prevent weather damage.

I hope you enjoyed this blog. I wanted to do something a little bit different because my blogs are getting a little bit repetitive. I hope you find these hacks and tricks useful as I certainly did. If you want more blogs like this remember to like. Also follow for more and comment any blog request and suggestions. Sorry that this blog was a little long but i wanted to write in detail.Thanks for reading!
Love you all
Olivia xx

Hello everybody! Today I am going to be doing my July favorites and I am going to make it a little more interesting by also telling you about some things I have not liked and some things which I am not sure about yet.
Holy grails:
1) Blistex lip brilliance- this is a really moisturising tinted lip balm which is a pretty shimmery dark pink
2) chapstick mixstix lemon berry sorbet- this is a really good lip balm and leaves your lips super soft and moisturising
3) colour couture eye shadow cream- the cream eyeshadow I have been loving hasn’t got a colour name but it is a gorgeous shimmery copper colour and it looks beautiful
4) Rimmel 100% waterproof mascara in 002 black brown- this is a really easy to use mascara and gives an amazing volumised effect on the lashes
5) mua intense colour lip liner in caramel nougat- this has been in my favorites before but it is so amazing. It is the most incredible nude browny pinky colour and although it is matte it is not drying on the lips, it kinda has a creamy texture and is so easy to apply. I just love it
6) mint chocolate m&m’s- oh my god they are so amazing!!!!!!!
7) Ready set glamour and soph does nails on YouTube- both their videos are really good and they are both so so talented at makeup
8) no.7 nail polish in beanie- it is such a beautiful colour

Holy fails:
(Disclaimer- these products didn’t work for me but I may be using them wrong or they may just work for you. This is just my opinion of them)
1) nail Inc nail gel in hot pink- this went on amazingly and looked really good but it was really hard to get off and stained my nail
2) Avon planet spa sleep serenity pillow mist- the smell is quite strong and instead of helping me sleep it just kept me awake
3) Accessories scarlet blush- this is a good blush for when you start out with makeup however the pigmentation is quite poor

Maybe baby:
1) collection lip butter in 02 cappuccino- I only got this a couple of days ago so I need to properly try it out however so far it is so creamy and is a very subtle colour which I like
2) Barry M berry good lip oil- this is also a very recently purchase this but so far it is very pretty lip gloss and very moisturising. It also smells very nice and fruity. But I think that it runs out quickly as I only got this two days ago and it has already lost a lot of product
3) w7 the honey queen honeycomb blush- the pigmentation is very poor but it is really shimmery so makes a good highlighter

I hope you enjoyed this blog. It was a little different to my usual favourites but I wanted to change it up a little as my favourites are getting a little repetitive. This is because I don’t buy a lot of new stuff each month. I also wanted to quickly ask if you have any blog requests and what you would like to see more of in the future for my blog because I feel my blogs are getting a little repetitive.
I’m sorry this blog has been so long but I hope you liked it anyway. Please like and follow if you haven’t already.
Love you all
Olivia xx
P. S quite a while ago I told you I had some exiting things planned for you, well now I have something really exiting planned. I will be telling you about this either next week or the week after so remember to be back soon for that. Love you all xx

Olivia xx

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Olivia Hart xx